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David Williams
Born June 9, 1980 David Williams is a bit of a strange
story in the poker world. Being a rather
young player, Williams concentrated his efforts on the card game called Magic
the Gathering which has several cash tournaments around the world. This game is the farthest thing from poker
that anyone can imagine as it was originally designed children but gained wide
popularity with the older generation as well.
There is little that can be drawn between Magic and poker but somehow
Williams managed to make it work. While
playing in the biggest tournament that can be found for Magic Williams was
accused of cheating and it was found that his deck was marked, allowing for him
to get the best possible card on each cut.
Even though he denied the cheating, Williams was suspended from play for
one year during which he took up high stakes poker to fill the void.
Williams found that he was highly skilled in
the games that were being played and began to win a fair amount of money in
doing so. He started with Internet play
and quickly amassed a good fortune. Luck
would be his lady down the road as he won a seat at the World Series of Poker
through an online satellite tournament.
This would be one of the shining moments of his career. In the 2004 World Series of Poker main event
he would reach all the way to the final table and go head to head with Greg
“Fossilman” Raymer, another satellite entrant.
The battle was long fought and Williams would eventually fall to Raymer. He did however take home over three million
dollars in prize money making him the highest paid African American player in
the main event series.
Today
Williams still maintains a huge presence in the poker world but also still
plays professionally in the Magic card tournaments as well. He states that poker is his main effort but
Magic is his first love and he will continue to play for fun in the many
tournaments around the world. Besides the World Series of Poker, Williams is
also a mainstay in the World Poker Tour where he has found great success in all
manners of play. He is also the member
of several professional teams that travel the world and manages to be a student
in Southern Methodist College at the same time.
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